Table 2 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of Acs patients by comorbid arial fibrillation and heart failure

Number of patients

106

689

198

597

Represented number of patients (%)

332553 (13.1%)

2209658 (86.9%)

582767 (22.9%)

1959444 (77.1%)

Age: mean (SE)

77.87 (0.95)

75.79 (0.38)

0.071

78.48 (0.70)

75.35 (0.41)

0.001

Male (%)

45.20

49.76

0.392

42.16

51.24

0.171

Race (%):

N/A

N/A

White

85.91

86.08

82.65

87.08

Non-white

14.09

13.76

16.77

12.92

Missing or unknown

0.00

0.15

0.58

0.00

Region (%):

N/A

0.215

Northeast

20.36

17.68

20.45

17.32

Midwest

33.22

23.34

20.39

25.90

South

36.74

43.11

40.04

42.95

West

9.68

13.47

16.01

12.08

Puerto Rico

0.00

2.39

3.11

1.77

Education level (%):

0.477

0.001

Less than high school

41.29

35.53

46.00

33.39

High school or more

57.53

63.17

51.48

65.68

Unknown/Missing

1.18

1.31

2.52

0.92

Marital status (%):

N/A

N/A

Married

32.36

46.31

32.68

48.00

Widowed

48.18

37.53

51.69

35.13

Other (separated/divorced/never married)

19.46

16.15

15.63

16.87

Missing

0.00

0.10

0.00

0.11

Living situation (%):

0.480

<0.001

Community dwelled

92.02

93.89

86.00

95.92

Institutionalized

7.98

6.11

14.00

4.08

Employment status: currently employed (%)

2.97

8.80

0.077

1.61

9.94

<0.001

Income level: less than $25,000 (%)

71.66

66.56

0.268

78.15

63.98

<0.001

Charlson Comorbidity Index: Mean (SE)

3.82 (0.27)

2.23 (0.09)

<0.05

4.45 (0.20)

1.84 (0.08)

<0.05

Distribution of Charlson Comorbidity score (%):

<0.001

<0.001

0–1

14.89

43.85

10.74

48.78

2

16.84

20.69

10.95

22.93

3

23.29

13.24

24.13

11.70

4+

44.97

22.23

54.19

16.58

Hypertension (%)

75.05

66.84

0.071

77.93

64.93

<0.001

Hyperlipidemia (%)

46.48

47.58

0.842

47.93

47.29

0.877